by Julie Turner | Sep 3, 2019 | What's Happening
G. K. Chesterton once said that Christianity has not been tried and found wanting, but has been found difficult and not tried. Many of us like an idealised, unreal version of Christianity where God is our friend and does everything we want. This ignores the balanced...
by Julie Turner | Sep 2, 2019 | What's Happening
Most of us think of the church building where we gather with other Christians as the house of God. We talk about ‘going to church’ and often spend a good deal of time, effort and money on the bricks, stones and mortar which allow us to gather at specific...
by Julie Turner | Sep 1, 2019 | What's Happening
As the new school year is about to begin, tonight we looked at the subject of lifelong learning from the book of Proverbs. Learning doesn’t just happen in school – babies and toddlers are learning so many things every day and we can all learn new things...
by Julie Turner | Sep 1, 2019 | What's Happening
Paul’s command to bless our enemy (Rom 12:14) is not something we can do in our own strength; to love those who hate us, persecute us and oppose us requires a completely new way of feeling and thinking. God has promised to give us a new heart of flesh (Ezek...
by Julie Turner | Sep 1, 2019 | What's Happening
Some people seem to be able to do things which to the majority of people are quite impossible. Contortionist Aleksei Goloborodko, for example, member of the Cirque du Soleil, can get his body into positions which most of us would simply be unable to do, as this video...
